It seems to me that ever since he dropped the whole Fresh Prince gimmick, Will Smith has had a sample from a previous hit song backing him up on whatever single he's currently got on CHR (that's "Contemporary Hit Radio," the biz's slang for your local Top 40 dreck-o-rama.)

Cases in point: "Forget-Me-Nots" by what's-her-name-from-VH1's-One-Hit Wonders-special for the theme from Men in Black, the riff from Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" for "Wild Wild West," and wherever he got that "na-na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na" sample for "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It." (I know I've heard it somewhere.)

Anyhoo...I swear I've heard the backing riffs from his latest single, "Nod Ya Head (Black Suits Comin')," from MIB 2. The question is...which frickin' song is he borrowing from this time?

Originally posted by drjayphdWell, he has no boundaries... he sampled the MOTHERFUCKING Clash on "Will 2K", which is, of course, inexcusable. That said, I don't have the patience to listen to it long enough to figure it out.

I have a funny feeling I'm wrong, because I haven't heard the song/seen the video that much. But for some reason, I think it might be sampling Kool & The Gang's "Jungle Boogie" - at least, the background riff for it, not the actual vocal melody or backing vocals.

Originally posted by drjayphdWell, he has no boundaries... he sampled the MOTHERFUCKING Clash on "Will 2K", which is, of course, inexcusable. That said, I don't have the patience to listen to it long enough to figure it out.

somebody's gonna have to break down and buy the damn album to let us all know.

more: That might be the solution, anyway. Depending on how they reached agreement with whoever they may or may not be sampling, they may not have to list the sample. And if they couldn't get the rights, they could have just recorded music very similar to that which they wanted to sample.